Razor strop



arch 25 1924.

' c. E. GOODWIN RAZOR STROP Filed April 14. 1920 Z, Z

lnuenzor Charles E. Goadwz'rz 1} fil. n

Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

iaataaa CHARLES E. :GOODWIN, or SANTAANAVCALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR T w. E. OWNBY, or WINTHROP, IOWA.

RAZOR s'raor.

Application filed April 14, 1920. Serial No. 373,985.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES E. Goonwrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Ana, in the county of Orange and 6 State of California, have invented and discovered a new and useful Razor Strop, of

which the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel razor strop by means of which a 1 superior cutting edge can be put onto a razor which is at the beginning of the stropping so dull as to require honing. That is to say, an object of this invention is to provide for the use of 'barbers, a razor strop which will practically supersede the hone.

A broadly new, pioneer and basic feature of this novel strop is that the stropping surface is provided with a wavy, smooth finish as distinguished from either a flat finish or a corrugated. finish, and I have discovered that such finish can be imposed upon good strop leather by bending a strap of such leather suitable for a strop, over a form having a convex rounded surface while the leather is wet, and then working the convex surface of the bent strap with a piece of pumice stone until the surface worked upon is smooth, and hard and conformed to the curvature of the form; and then bringing the strap to a practically straight form whereby the worked surface is given a condensed finely waved undulating structure. A smooth wavy surface is preferably thus made upon the flesh side of the strap.

The purpose of supporting the bent leather on a convex rounded surface and'working the convex surface of the bent strap while wet with a piece of pumice stone is to uniformly stretch the worked surface and compress the supported surface so that when the strap is again straightened after the surface has become smooth and hard the required condensed finely waved undulating structure will be prominent in the strap.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description and the appended claims.

The following is a description of the in vention and the method of making the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Figure l is a view of the strop looking at the treated surface.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the strop, the treated surface being at the left side.

Fig. 3 is a greatly magnified fragmental section of the strop shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the treated surface being on the left.

Fig. at isa fragmental magnified view of the treatediface of the strop shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental view of a strap as the same may 'be held in condition for treatment to produce the wavy surface strop.

In the several views, 1 indicates the strop, 2 indicates the condensed, smooth, wavy, flesh side of thestrop. 3 indicates the condensed section of the strop. 4: indicates the face of the strop in a position in which it can be treated with a view to produce the wavy surface referred to.

In practice the strop is made from a leather strap which may be of any good leather strop material.

The strap is first immersed in water until the surface is softened. With luke warm water an immersion of about 30 seconds more or less will be suflicient. Then the strap thus sufficiently moistened, is bent around the form 5 and is drawn taut as indicated in Fig. 5. The force to draw the strap taut may be applied in any desired way or by any desired means, not shown. Then the operator will take a piece of pumice stone, not shown, and will rule the curved surface with light pressure until said surface becomes polished and very smooth. When the surface is thus rubbed until dry, it will seem, to the touch, to have the smoothness of piano finish. The strap is thus treated throughout the entire stropping surface; and when the strap is straightened as in Fig. 2, and examined carefully, it will be found that the surface is crinkled, so that to the touch of the finger tips, it affords a slight friction and upon careful examination it is found to have a .wavy appearance.

In order to produce the above results it is necessary to rub the leather with the pumice stone until the strap is dry.

The polish does not come upon the surface until the strap is dry. It is therefore understood that the length of time required to rub down the surface to desired character will be greater with a well soaked strap than with a strap which has been only just iminersed. When the strap has been i nn'iersed in lukewarniwater for soine 30 seconds it is found to require rubbing and polishing" for about one hour in a moderately dry atmosphere-b 1,,

The time required for polishing also depends upon the speed of the polishing stone. The greater the speed the sooner drying and polishing of the surface is completed.

It is understood that the rubbing and polishing of the strap on the convex face stretches and condenses the surface so that when the strap has its fibers on the polislied face, elongated, hardened and condensed, the straightening of the strap throws the polished surfaceof the strap into a wavy} m dulatingand crinkly condition which greatly improves the operation ofthe strop;

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